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heretical

[huh-ret-i-kuhl] / həˈrɛt ɪ kəl /


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There is also an increasingly heretical chorus of analysts who don’t believe all that glitters is bitcoin.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

She also realized something heretical: She was painfully bored playing with her kids on the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

That view isn’t especially heretical among some Fed watchers, given disagreements about the role the Fed’s balance sheet plays in the markets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025

Of course, what the former president does not understand is that the protection of free expression is most needed when speech is unpopular, offensive, or heretical.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

Arnauld’s preoccupation with the fact developed out of the great dispute over whether Jansenism, of which Arnauld was the leading light, was heretical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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